Hanger for pipes



19, 1930. c. M. BULLER 1,773,414

HANGER FOR PIPES Filed Oct. 28, 192'? INVENTOR.

Mae, 7. M

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' Patented Aug; 19,1930

oHAnLns Mn-BULLER, or. MILWAUKEE; messages,ne scastmesseng r I MENTS, 'ro 1u rr.eo1a s'r n COMPANY, or r/LrnwAnKEE,;wIseonsm, n conronn'rron a means'for supporting the OFD'ELAWARE' I i H L GER FOR r ms. l i- This invention relates to a methodof and V pipes'used in hot air heating systems. Y

Considerable difiiculty has I been experienced "in properly; supporting the pipes of hot air heating systems; These pipes or fiues are of double wall construction to providevfor the desirable heatinsulation'iandi are made up of sections having their ends" suitably. connected or interfitted; For the greaterportion oftheir extentat least such pipes are care liedupthrough the Walls of thestructure in which they are used and are usually supported in some manner upon the studding 4 embodied in such wall constructions. The problem is aggravated in a number ofiwaysg One of the principal difliculties follows from the-fact that the'pipesl arezat diiiere'nt dis-- tancesfrom the studding between which :they oxtendythusrequiring a longer hanger on "one side than on the other; Moreover, any

supporting means orhanger that is employed,

' must present as little projection as possible during the handling and shipping of the pipe andyet necessarilyprojects beyond'the pipe in use. 7 Finally, to avoid new manufacturing problems and to maintain the eificiency of the pipe structure, thelorganization of the hangers with thepipe structuremust not in} volve any substantial modification of the 131138. V 1

One of the objects-of this mventlon is to providea hanger or pipe supporting means for hot air pipe whichis'ofextremely simple construction and whichlies flush up against the pipe up tov'the" time that it "is to be connected'to the studs and whichjis adapted to i be easily fastened 'to-the studs'irrespe'ctive of the spacing of the'same from the pipe;

In carrying out the present invention a flat and somewhat elongated metallic hanger strip is laid flush against the. outer wall of the pipe and has its ends secured to the outer wall of the pipe by rivets. The portion of the hanger strip betweenthe'rivets is'pr'ovidedwith nail receiving openings at spaced intervals.

pro 'ection tomakeit diflicult orv inconvenient With this construction there is no determinedan d, one of the adjacent studs lies farther-away than the other, the hanger strip mayg be' out .at appropriately unequal distances from its rivets. After'the strip has been cut: into sections of appropriate lengths,

the section'szareswung about their pivots to I project beyond the pipe and overlie the studdin'g. nd ar rthen' attached'to the studding by driving nails'f or other fasteningfelements' J through the nail. 're'ceiving openings @which' are appropriately positioned 'over the stud;

ding." This constructionfavoids theiprovijsion v of any undesirable openingsin theoute rgwall of the-pipe; the openings Whichreceive the rivets being'filled the rivets to avoid impairing the heat insulating action of the donin. j

ble'; {v'v'all 'const ruction. Moreover, the con- L struction is extremely simple, involving only a single strip iandtwo rivets and yetitjelimii nates proj ectio'nsi'during handling 1 and shipping and is adaptedfor suspendingthe pipe on the" w studding1--irrespective of i irregular.

yer-mm 'theforegoing it will be sees that the a present invention involves a novel method of supporting the pipe of 'a' hot air heating'systern wh'ic'lt consists; in permanently though pivotally securingythe ends ofa fiat, elon- Other objects and advantages'reside in oer-I tain novel features' ofthe construction; arv rang'einentand combination of paj FtS WhiChr "Willbe hereinafter'more fully d'escribed and. i

' particularly-pointed out in" the--*a'ppended ch me,i-efer nce eing fhadto the accom P ty n ra ne f r a F m t specification;'anclinwhich:' v

Figure a perspect ve view showing the hanger in ufse'in suspending ahot'air pipe or studdingof a building; I I

Fi uBQ-Qisa similar viewv showing the i hanger-as positioned during shipment and d r ng. th seeeef fi-t er n an i Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Figure 2. u

7 Referring to the drawings numeral 1 designates generally a portion of a hot, air pipe which has an inner wall 2 and an outer wall 3. The pipe lie of any suitable or conventional construction and is usually made up of sections having their ends'interfittedor otherwise .suitably connected. Usually. the pipe. is extended through the walls of the building an'dis positionedhetween the studs S and S of such walls.

The present invention pro-poses the provision of supporting means for the pipeiand as shown in Figure 2, this supporting means consists of a flat and elongated strip of metal designated generally at 5 which is laid flush up against the pipe and which hasits ends secured to theepipe by means of rivets 6. In

" between the rivet-s6 the strip 5 is provided with a plurality of spaced nail receiving openings 7. The strip 5 may be out at any point in between the rivets 6 to-separate the strip 5 into the hanger sections designated at H and in Figure 1. If the pipe is unevenlyz spaced from the studs, one section ismade longer than the ether to compensate for this irregular V spacing. Thus, Figure 1 the section H is somewhat longer .than the section H for the reason that the pipe 1 isnearer tothe stud S'than itis to the stud S". When thestrip has been cut into sections of proper length eachse'ctionisswungor rotated about its rivet as a pivot to cause :the hanger section to project upwardly-and outwardly from the pipe and into overlapping relation with respect :to the stud. N ails N and N are then driven through the openings of theh-anger sections whichare alifned with the studs to secure theha'nger sections to the studs and to suspend the pipe thereon.

I With this construction the supporting means or hanger being positioned entirely within the confines of the pipe, presents no undesirable projection during .the time that it is stoned,-shipped or'handledeand yet provides ineii'ect hangers of adjustable length which be :convenientlyextended from the pipe and secured to the studs of the wall throughvvhich the pipe ext-ends. I

' The invention involves za-dfstinctl-y novel method of supponting pipe which consists in applying to the pipe a hangerelement by sostrip laid flatly against the outer wall of the pipe and having its ends riveted thereto, the strip having a plurality of spaced nail receiving openings in between the rivets and being adapted to be severed at any point in between the rivets to provide hanger sections adapted to be-sw unaround the rivets as pivots and into overlapping relation with respect to the .studding. V

2. In combination with a .pipe,v a hanger comprising an element having its ends positively and pivotally connected to the pipe and severable intermediate its ends into hanger sections of appropriatelengths adapted to'be rotated into overlapping relation with respect to and secured to supporting structure.

3. A method of supporting ,pi-pe including the steps of attaching the ends of a hanger project beyond the pipe and to the secured to the supporting structure. r

In witness whereof, 1 hereto aflix my signature.

CHARLES M. BULLER.

curing the ends of the hanger element to the pipe in such manner that the hanger element is held flush up against the pipe, in severing the hanger element intermediate its ends into sections of appropriate length and then positioning the sections in overlapping relation with respect to the studding and securing them to the studding The invention claimed is H 1. In combination with a double wall pipe of 'hot air systems a hanger for'suspending the pipe on studding and comprising .a flat 

